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Ten months after George Floyd’s murder, Black men still don’t have to watch Updated 9:31 AM; Today 7:31 AM Protesters take to the streets of Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday, May 30, 2020. People gathered to speak out about police brutality and demand justice in the recent death of George Floyd who was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020. (Kendall Warner | MLive.com) Kendall Warner | MLive.com Facebook Share I didn’t watch. Correction, in the interest of honesty and transparency: I didn’t watch the whole thing. Not all horrific eight minutes and 46 seco...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  Dozens of residents with appointments began driving up to the Alabama Regional Medical Services (ARMS) clinic in North Birmingham at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday as the first COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened in the community. Throughout the morning 200 people were given their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and automatically given an appointment for their second dose at the same location. The vaccination site was open between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. “We are glad to have these vaccinations for this [northern Birmingham] community,” said Yocunda Clay...

By Barnett Wright Jefferson County Manager and CEO, Tony Petelos, on Tuesday announced his retirement. Petelos was appointed as the first person to hold the position on Oct. 1, 2011. He made the announcement at the end of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole meeting inside the downtown Courthouse.   “The county is in better, better shape today than it’s been in many, many years,” said Petelos, 67, after his announcement, with his wife Teresa by his side.  A national search will be conducted to fill the position. Petelos has spent more than 34 years in public service including th...

By Barnett Wright The wins continue to pile up for Miles College. The Fairfield institution will be beneficiary of a partnership with multinational investment bank UBS that will focus on delivering a financial literacy and wellness curriculum, the latest in a collaboration that Miles has with a number of global brands. UBS is partnering with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) to offer its Tomorrow’s Talent Program curriculum at SIAC’s 14 colleges and universities across six states. Those include Miles and Tuskegee, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs),...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times When Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. was a student with the school newspaper at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, just outside of Birmingham, he went for the one interview that no Black journalist would ever consider: Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the virulent segregationist. “[Wallace] had never given a Black person an interview,” Lewis said. “I called [his office] one afternoon, and he answered the phone. I told him who I was and what I wanted. He said, ‘I don’t have my schedule, but call me tomorrow before 12.’ I called him the next day and talke...